9. Which is easier: to say to this paralysed man, “Your sins are forgiven,” or to say, “Get up, take your mat and walk”?
10. But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.’ So he said to the man,
11. ‘I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.’
12. He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all. This amazed everyone and they praised God, saying, ‘We have never seen anything like this!’
13. Once again Jesus went out beside the lake. A large crowd came to him, and he began to teach them.